ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES

Once a week for six weeks

Cost: $5.00 offering per session

Spirituality for Everyday Living
— guided by Cecily Foster pbvm

An opportunity to come along to a home retreat, where we
gather once a week for six weeks to share faith and insights,
read the Scriptures that come alive for us and that relate to our
daily lives — a time for prayer, song, sharing and friendship.
Parishes/individuals interested in sponsoring a home retreat,
please contact the PSC.

Times to be individually arranged

Cost: $60.00

Spiritual Direction — PSC Team

Spiritual direction is an opportunity to learn to trace the movement of God in our lives and to help us make life choices and decisions. It involves meeting regularly with a trained spiritual director.

Times to be individually arranged

Cost: Negotiable

Counselling — with Margaret Skehan pbvm

Counselling can help people to cope with the demands of peer and family relationships, parenting issues, personal and emotional challenges, including grief, loss and depression.

Saturday 7 February
Saturday 14 February
Saturday 21 February
Saturday 28 February
10.00am - 11.30am

Cost: Donation

Living Compassionately: Buddhist Meditation
— guided by Alan Carter

These morning meditations will offer participants the
opportunity to live more compassionately, develop wisdom
and enhance wholesome states of mind. The meditations can
be applied within any religious/spiritual tradition.

Sunday 29 March
11.00am - 4.00pm

Cost: $30.00 (incl morning tea; BYO lunch)
Closing Date: 20 March

“…my strength is God. The God who loves me faithfully.” Ps 59:17 — RCIA Retreat Day guided by Joan Cusack pbvm

A reflection day for RCIA candidates, sponsors and teams journeying to Easter 2009.

LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES

Saturday 4 April 10.00am - Wednesday 8 April 9.00am

Cost: $80.00 per day (incl accom/all meals), cost for non-residential participants can be arranged
Closing Date: 28 March

Preparing for Holy Week – Quiet Days of Prayer
— Spiritual Director: Marie Thompson

Take time from the busyness of life to prepare one’s heart for
Holy Week. An opportunity for quiet prayer, daily Eucharist
and spiritual direction (optional).

Tuesday 7 April 7.30 - 9.00pm

Cost: $10.00 offering
Closing Date: 3 April

Embracing Our Humanity — meditation guided by Elizabeth Kerr

What did it mean for Jesus to embrace his humanity on the
way to Calvary? This evening meditation will give us the opportunity to ponder the meaning of embracing our own
humanity as people of faith in today’s world.

Saturday 16 May
9.30am - 12.30pm

Cost: $200.00
Closing Date: 9 May

Prayer for Busy People — facilitated by Margaret Connors

During this time, participants will be given the opportunity to explore a variety of simple ways to pray. We will focus on how to capture the ‘moments’ for prayer and to recognise the opportunities for prayer within the busyness and messiness of
life.

Saturday 13 June
9.30am - 3.30pm

Cost: $100.00 (incl morning tea, lunch), overnight stay available (incl breakfast) — add $80.00
Closing Date: 29 May

Seminar for School Boards — facilitated by Marlette Black pbvm

Governance as Leadership in faith-based organizations -
bringing new modes and new mindsets to the challenges of
working on a School Board. This one-day gathering will explore
the three topics of Spirituality, Leadership and a Spirituality of Leadership for those in Governance roles in faith-based
organizations. Three modes of governance as leadership -
fiduciary, strategic and generative - will provide the context for
the exploration of these topics.

Sunday 14 June
10.30am - 3.30pm

Cost: $35.00 (incl morning tea, BYO lunch)
Closing Date: 5 June

Renewing the Minister: for Lay Ministers in Parishes
— Reflection Day guided by Fr John Chalmers

An opportunity for lay people involved in parish ministry to
deepen their spirituality and reflect upon the blessings of their
lives. The day will provide input, reflection and sharing.

Thursday 18 June 4.00 - 8.00pm

Cost: $20.00 (BYO salad to share)
Closing Date: 12 June

Soup, Salad and Bread for the Journey
Australian Religious Imagination
— Twilight Retreat guided by Noel Davis and Patricia de Laney

An opportunity to enjoy exploring together the riches of our
own Australian religious imagination. Image, metaphor and
story are our ways of expressing our relationship with the
sacred that ever eludes our eff orts yet we try. It is not only what
we express but how we express it in our original way that is
a source of joy for us. Please bring a piece of poetry, prose, a
story, a piece of art - whatever you might choose that speaks
to you of our beloved sacred land and its spirit embodied in
our stories.

Saturday-Sunday 20-21 June Saturday 9.30am - 4.00pm
Sunday 10.00am - 2.00pm

Cost: $70.00 (incl morning tea, BYO lunch)
Closing Date: 12 June

The Sanctity of Wearing Our Own Shoes
— Weekend Retreat guided by Noel Davis and Patricia de Laney

A prayerful time of retreat pausing a while to reflect on our lives
and our being loving and true to ourselves, others and our God. It will address the heart-searching questions - Who am I? Where
am I? What is presenting in my life? in an holistic approach. Our
time together will include scripture, story, silence, play, poetry,
dance and the sharing of experiences.

Tuesday 7 July 6.00pm -
Tuesday 14 July 9.00am

Cost: $480.00 (cost for non-residential particants can be arranged)
Closing Date: 12 June

Living the Eucharistic Mystery
— 6-day Guided Retreat with Frank Andersen msc

A contemplative exploration of what lies at the heart of the
Eucharistic Mystery. We will deepen our sense of the Mystery
that drove Jesus in his life, of what perspectives he would have
seen in the Last Supper. We will ponder the rich Eucharistic
spirituality of both Jesus and the Early Church that still
permeates our ritual — and of what a power for mission such
insights can be when the ritual is more consciously appreciated.
Input and Eucharist will be offered daily.

Tuesday 7 July 6.00pm -
Saturday 11 July/Tuesday 14 July 9.00am (3 or 6 days)

Cost: $240.00 for 3 days, $480.00 for 6 days
Closing Date: 13 June

May Your Hidden Self Grow Strong
— 3/6-day Directed Retreat with Joan Cusack pbvm

A retreat experience nourished in silence, prayer, Eucharist and
daily meetings with the spiritual director.

Sunday 19 July
10.00am - 3.30pm

Cost: $20.00 (incl morning tea, BYO lunch)
Closing Date: 5 July

Day of Prayer for Associates: Living from the Goodness of God — guided by Pat Cullen fmm

An opportunity for Associates from religious congregations to
gather in prayer and friendship with each other. This day will
provide input, reflection and sharing.

August - November
Monday 17 August and alternate Mondays to 9 November 7.30pm - 9.15pm
and Sunday 15 November 10.30am - 4.00pm

Cost: $550.00 (includes materials, input/retreat)
Closing Date: 24 July

Fan the Flame - Renewal for Ministry

Fan the Flame is a unique opportunity for personal renewal and professional development. The program would suit pastoral associates, members of leadership teams, chaplains, campus ministers, teachers, others engaged in ministry and anyone wishing to renew and deepen their faith.

Click here for more information on Fan the Flame.

Saturday 5 September
6.00pm - Saturday 12 September 9.00am

Cost: $480.00 (cost for non-residential particants can be arranged)
Closing Date: 14 August

Enjoying God
— 6 day Guided Retreat with Kerrie Hide

Time to simply be and to enjoy God is at the heart of this retreat.
Nourished by the love of women mystics, Gertrude of Helfta,
Clare of Assisi, Hadewich of Antwerp, Mechthild of Magdeburg,
Hildegard of Bingen and Elizabeth of the Trinity, we will explore
ways of prayer that will free us to enjoy God more fully. Input
and Eucharist will be offered daily.

Saturday 5 September
6.00pm - Wednesday 9/Saturday 12 September 9.00am
(3 or 6 days)

Cost: $240.00 for 3 days, $480.00 for 6 days
Closing Date: 14 August

I Have Come to Give You Life to the Full
— 3/6 day Directed Retreat with Colleen Brady rsm

A retreat experience nourished in silence, prayer, Eucharist and
daily meetings with the spiritual director.

Saturday 19 September 10.00am - 4.00pm- Sunday 20 September 10.00am - 1.30pm

Cost: $70.00 (incl morning tea, BYO lunch), overnight stay available (incl breakfast) — add $80.00
Closing Date: 11 September

Embracing Uncomfortable Emotions
— facilitated by Ann Maree Thompson rsm

Of the emotions of the human experience that are labelled and
seen as “negative”, grief and shame are some of the most
challenging. Through these days of reflection, participants will
be invited to explore these urgings of the heart as an avenue for
personal growth, spiritual insight and social transformation.

Tuesday 22 September 6.00pm -
Tuesday 29 September 9.00am

Cost: $480.00 (cost for non-residential particants can be arranged)
Closing Date: 31 August

Praying with Scripture in the Twilight Years
— 6-day Guided Retreat with Cecily Foster pbvm

This is a retreat that offers quiet times, with short inputs, prayer,
reflection and sharing. We will enter into several Scripture
passages which reveal to us how we can be more attentive to
God’s power working in our lives at this stage of our spiritual
journey.

Tuesday 22 September 6.00pm - Saturday/Tuesday 26/29 September 9.00am
(3 or 6 days)

Cost: $240.00 for 3 days, $480.00 for 6 days
Closing Date: 31 August

Breathing Deeper Life into Our Soul
— 3/6-day Directed Retreat with Ann Maree Thompson rsm and Marie Thompson

A retreat experience nourished in silence, prayer, Eucharist and daily meetings with a spiritual director.

Sunday 4 October
2.00pm - 4.30pm

Cost: $10.00 offering
Closing Date: 25 September

A Lectio of Nature
— Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, guided by Pat Lavercombe

Nature has a gentle way of helping us listen to the deeper
movement of God in our lives. This guided meditation will offer
us time to reflect upon the sacred landscape of our lives as we
wander through the Botanical Gardens.

Saturday 10 October
9.00am - 3.30pm

Cost: $35.00 (incl morning tea, BYO lunch)
Closing Date: 24 September

In the Beginning
— Scripture Reflection Day guided by Mary Coloe pbvm

What does it mean to walk reverently and bow often to the
sacredness of the universe? This will be an opportunity to
reflect upon the biblical stories of creation and how they invite
us to live in relationship with God, each other and our fragile
planet.

Friday 16 October 6.00pm -
Sunday 18 October after lunch

Cost: $160.00 (incl accom/all meals), cost for non-residential participants can be arranged
Closing Date: 9 October

Spiritual Yoga Retreat
— guided by Laurene Hassard

This weekend offers Hatha yoga, breathing practices, meditation
and a chakra workshop. Laurene has taught yoga for the past
19 years in Denmark, USA and Australia.

Saturday 24 October
9.30am - 3.30pm

Cost: $35 (incl morning tea, BYO lunch), overnight stay available (incl breakfast) — add $80.00
Closing Date: 16 October

Seeking Meaning during Times of Transition
— guided by Penny Carroll

This experience, designed in particular for women, gives
participants the opportunity to explore issues of loss and grief
that have challenged their identity and their assumptions
about the meaning of their lives. This is particularly suitable for
those for whom their loss was a choiceless event such as the
loss of a spouse through death or divorce, the loss of physical
capacity or job loss.

Monday 23 November 6.00pm - Friday 27 November/Tuesday 1 December 9.00am (3 or 7 days)

Cost: $240.00 for 3 days, $560.00 for 7 days
Closing Date: 2 November

And a Child Will Lead Them
— 3/7 day Directed Retreat with Fr Gerry Kalinowski and Marie Thompson

An Advent retreat experience nourished in silence, prayer, Eucharist and daily meetings with a spiritual director.

Saturday 5 December 3.00pm -
Friday 11 November 9.30am

Cost: $580.00 (incl accom/all meals)
Closing Date: 16 November

Healing Life’s Hurts Retreat
— guided by Julie O’Gorman and Maureen Flatley pbvm

Are you tired of hurting? You can leave it behind. Participants
are given an opportunity to understand and experience the
grieving/healing process. This week is a blend of focus sessions,
private time and individual accompaniment.

Anyone wishing to make a private retreat is most welcome to do so during these times:

• 4-8 April
• 7-14 July
• 5-12 and 22-29 September
• 23 November-1 December

Cost: $80.00 per day (incl accom/all meals), cost for non-residential retreatants can be arranged
Closing Dates: 2 weeks prior to retreat